Atlas Reactor

"If Frozen Synapse and Battlerite had a baby, it would bear an uncanny resemblance to Atlas Reactor," said Matt Cox, which reminds me that I'm grossly failing in my duties as his self-appointed moral guardian. I should have given that young lad the 'copulation' talk years ago. But if you're interested in tactical team combat played out through simultaneous turns, you might be interested to…

If Frozen Synapse and Battlerite had a baby, it would bear an uncanny resemblance to Atlas Reactor. Think turn-based MOBA-style combat with an emphasis on predicting and responding to your opponent's’ next move. If you’re not sure what ‘MOBA-style combat’ really means, have no fear: Atlas Reactor is a unique creature, and experience with its genre-spanning inspirations won’t give you much of a competitive edge.…

Atlas Reactor [official site], the simultaneous-turn-based multiplayer action game from Trove and Rift developers Trion Worlds, is now out. It's a 4v4 murdersport with MOBA-ish freelancers an- wait, no, come back. Contrary to what the odd and incoherent style might suggest, it's not Another Half-Arsed MOBA. No, Atlas Reactor is turn-based action where all players' moves play out at once, in that Frozen Synapse sort…

Trion Worlds' upcoming tactical combat PvP bonanza Atlas Reactor [official site] is now in open beta. The game's a simultaneous turn-based strategy twist on the trendy arena shooter. Players choose their actions during "Decision Mode" before watching how everything plays out in subsequent "Resolution Mode". Rather than reacting to your opponents in real time, you have to predict their movements before hand, giving Atlas Reactor…

Earlier this year, Trion Worlds invented a revolutionary new business model for their turn-based tactical combat game Atlas Reactor [official site]. They called it "buy-to-play", meaning that players would buy the game then get to play it. What a wild bunch! Where do they get these ideas from? A few months later, it seems they're maybe concerned they were a bit too 'out there'. The…

Atlas Reactor [official site] has chucked a uey and will launch under a revolutionary new model named "buy-to-play", abandoning previous free-to-play plans. (Reminder: Atlas Reactor is the multiplayer turn-based tactical combat game with simultaneous turns, made by Trion Worlds, them lot behind the Minecraftbut Trove and MMORPG Rift.) The developers say that ideas they had to build a sustainable business model for Atlas Reactor under…

Trion Worlds, the crew most notable for MMOs Defiance and Trove, have turned their attention to the small scale. Well, comparatively anyway. The studio's been working on a new free-to-play, team-based, turn-based tactical combat team called Atlas Reactor [official site], an amalgamation of XCOM tactics with Overwatch aesthetic, from the look of it. Check it out for yourself after the jump.